Scottish Independence

I posted somewhere about Sturgeon and her cronnies overspending, can't find it,,, but it looks like the slippery slope  has started...

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Pensioners didn't automatically have free travel before??

Yeah, think it originally kicked in at retirement/pension age, women 60 and men 65, then they started dishing out to all at 60, don't know if that was some equality issue thing that triggered that, now they're talking about raising the age threshold, think the 60 and 65 years pension age thing changed a bit back, not sure what the deal is on it now, would have to have a read up on it...

If I recall correctly I think there was some sort of restriction on using the free passes at peak times, think they put it over as creating space for workers to get to work, not you fit to work freebie feckers ain't getting a free ride to work...

Just had a look at the free Scottish bus pass thing, came across this paragraph:-

"Those eligible under the Scheme are issued with a National entitlement Card which will allow them unlimited free bus travel throughout Scotland at any time of day, including the morning rush hour. The Scheme also provides two free return ferry journeys to the mainland for card holders living on Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles."


So no peak time restrictions,,, plus free ferry travel...

The ferry thing is excellent ...... if you are a pensioner.

3rdforum wrote:The ferry thing is excellent ...... if you are a pensioner.

Where the feck is a pensioner going   and if they have worked all their lives and are potless then they should stay at home and watch daytime tv,
stay of the way people trying to work and get about and are paying,

My issue is, why should some one for from an island get free ferry travel and not me, bit of a feckin one way argument innit...

just had a look, they get it here as well ( island residents only not all pensioners )

Dog walking time...   We walk past the bus stop but no buses here for many years.

Tenerife residents are subsidised for travelling as well...

Only on planes and Ferries to Spain I think. No free Titsa bus travel as far as I know.

my bus pass only covers me for travelling free in Fife.. I am going to check this out,I could be missing out here.just checked it out.

How old are you? 

Perfectspecimen wrote: How old are you? 

old enough to get a bus pass.

Thought you were about 11.

inch tall

Well Salmond and Sturgeon doing well here int they...

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And whys it called Glasgow Prestwich Airport, it ain't anywhere near Glasgow, it's in the middle of nowhere that's why no one uses it...

I was picking up a car in Scotland. The dealer was in Hamilton. I booked Ryanair, Shannon to Glasgow. It distinctly said "Glasgow" on the Ryanair site. We feckin' landed in Prestwick. The lad had to drive down to collect me. 

Think you fell for the con and that's what it is...

Nope. There's Glasgow Prestwick & Glasgow International. The reason it has stayed open so long is it has a massive runway and is virtually fog-free all year. You get humongous giant cargo planes landing and taking off from there including a lot of US military flights...

But it's miles from Glasgow...

Why don't we rename the airport at Dundee as Edinburgh Riverside Airport,,, well it's about the same distance away as Prestwich is to Glasgow...

Ok, just checked, Prestwitch airport to Glasgow 34 miles, Dundee airport to Edinburgh 59 miles, so it's a bit further, but you can't call an Airport after a town it ain't nowhere feckin near...

It just confuses people,,, look at what happened to Dermo,,, mmmm suppose if anybody's gonna screw something up its gonna be Dermo, probably a bad example that one...

Bet you his ticket was marked GLW PIK...